Off Season Italy: How Artist Alessandro Florio Spends Winters in Taormina, Sicily
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Off Season Italy: How Artist Alessandro Florio Spends Winters in Taormina, Sicily
In rural Tuscany, Italy, at the Santa Maddalena writer’s residency at her rambling estate there, Beatrice Monti della Corte has hosted some of the foremost storytellers of our time — Zadie Smith, Michael Cunningham, Colm Tóibín, Teju Cole, Sally Rooney, Olga Tokarczuk, Michael Ondaatje, Edmund White and a couple hundred others. While authors... See more
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White Lotus showcased one of the most stunning spots in Sicily when it sent Harper and Daphne on a day trip to Noto. In the province of Syracuse, a two-hour drive from Taormina on the southern tip of Sicily, it’s an exquisite example of Baroque-era architecture with its warm limestone buildings, dramatic scalinata and grand Cathedral. And if it... See more
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Isola Bella, Taormina
Known as the Pearl of the Ionian Sea (and for its starring role in the second season of The White Lotus), Isola Bella is a semicircular pebble beach just minutes from the hilltop town of Taormina (via cable car). Rent a sunbed here (neatly lined up, as is often the norm in Sicily), and bring a snorkel for... See more
The Best Beaches in Sicily, From Cefalù to Taormina
Graced with a long, sandy beach, Levanto is packed in summer and popular with surfers. The rest of the year, it’s just a small, sleepy town, with less charm and fewer tourists than the Cinque Terre.